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Our first promotional work for Kete was a powerpoint slideshow which developed an extensive metaphor about Knights and maidens and quests etc. . It featured pre-raphaelite and medieval paintings, and had a dual storyline running throughout the presentation. The headlines took the form of an Arthurian-legend telling of how the library saved a town, while the body of the text told the Kete story. The CD was packaged in a wrapper showing the final image: "The Arming and Departure of the Knights" by Sir Edward Burne-Jones, which was the final slide in the presentation had the caption "and the townspeople were happy".
The presentation was an application for the 3M Award for Innovation in Libraries 2007 - which we went on to win.
Back to the story .... after 43 hours of travel we finally arrived in Venice, at the San Zacharia vaperetto stop, found the alleyway and then the wee path to our hotel. At the entrance to the alley was the first shop window we had looked in since leaving home, and guess what was in the window? OUR TAPESTRY!
Given that we got to Venice because our community made it happen it was a wonderful welcome ....